Biz Kid$"Your First Big Purchase"
You'll want to understand the important steps to take before your first big purchase, whether you're buying the latest computer, a new smart phone, or a car. You will learn about budgeting, researching, negotiating, and more. Find out how a teen photographer upgraded his camera and a 15-year-old aviator purchased an old airplane!. D

3:30 pm

Oregon Field Guide"Rescue Dogs, Wild Foods, Animal Therapy"
Dogs trained in search specialties have joined the search and rescue teams in Oregon. The episode also goes shopping for dinner in the woods, looking for wild ingredients.G

4:00 pm

Masterpiece Classic"Downton Abbey, Series II - Part Three"
Isobel and Cora lock horns over control of Downton's medical role. Meanwhile Thomas, now manager of the convalescent men, makes life difficult for Carson. Mrs. Bird starts a soup kitchen to help the war effort. Matthew and William embark on a perilous patrol behind German lines. Part 3 of 6G

5:00 pm

NOVA"Making Stuff: Colder"
With his humor and zest for discovery, host David Pogue meets the scientists and engineers who are plunging to the bottom of the temperature scale to make stuff colder.G

6:00 pm

Superheroes: A Never-Ending Battle"A Hero Can Be Anyone (1978-Present)"
Superheroes are enthusiastically embraced in all forms of media and by all demographics, beginning with the historic Superman movie featuring Christopher Reeve as the Man of Steel. In 1986, Batman is overhauled as The Dark Knight to reflect the nocturnal underside of his character, and Watchmen brings new sophistication to comic book narratives, illuminating a violent and politicized world. In the new millennium, superheroes have taken over popular culture with feature films, television shows and video games complementing a new generation of web-based comics that bring superhero adventures to every corner of the world. D

7:00 pm

Secrets of the Tower of London
Standing guard over the city of London for nearly 1,000 years, this fortress has been a royal castle, a prison, a place of execution and torture, and an armory and the Royal Mint. Over the centuries it has gone from a symbol of imperialism and tyranny to a national treasure - the protector of the crown jewels and many other historic British traditions.G

8:00 pm

War of the Worlds: American Experience
Timed to coincide with the 75th anniversary of Orson Welles' infamous radio drama, this episode explores this unprecedented and little understood event. The film examines the elements that together created one of the biggest mass hysteria events in U.S. history.G

9:00 pm

African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross"The Age of Slavery (1800-1860)"
This episode illustrates how black lives changed dramatically in the aftermath of the American Revolution. For free black people in places like Philadelphia, these years were a time of tremendous opportunity. But for most African Americans, this era represented a new nadir. Part 2 of 6G

10:00 pm

Superheroes: A Never-Ending Battle"A Hero Can Be Anyone (1978-Present)"
Superheroes are enthusiastically embraced in all forms of media and by all demographics, beginning with the historic Superman movie featuring Christopher Reeve as the Man of Steel. In 1986, Batman is overhauled as The Dark Knight to reflect the nocturnal underside of his character, and Watchmen brings new sophistication to comic book narratives, illuminating a violent and politicized world. In the new millennium, superheroes have taken over popular culture with feature films, television shows and video games complementing a new generation of web-based comics that bring superhero adventures to every corner of the world. D

11:00 pm

Secrets of the Tower of London
Standing guard over the city of London for nearly 1,000 years, this fortress has been a royal castle, a prison, a place of execution and torture, and an armory and the Royal Mint. Over the centuries it has gone from a symbol of imperialism and tyranny to a national treasure - the protector of the crown jewels and many other historic British traditions.G